Speed kills

Yeah, I know the main track was playing to speed during the prior races, but what the heck were the riders of I’m The Tiger and Spanish Chestnut thinking in the six-and-a-half-furlong seventh race? They went the first quarter in a ridiculous 21.2, and you could almost hear the tickets ripping (including mine). No way they were going to get there after that flame-out.
Awesome Twist, who was about a light-year behind the pace-setters, laughed at them late when he slipped up the inside for the win.